BLACKROD RAILWAY STATION SERVES THE VILLAGE OF BLACKROD ENGLAND 6 ?. MILES NORTH WEST OF BOLTON RAILWAY STATION. BLACKROD WAS ONCE THE JUNCTION FOR A SHORT BRANCH TO SERVE THE ORIGINAL HORWICH STATION (CLOSED TO PASSENGERS IN 1965) AND HORWICH LOCOMOTIVE WORKS (SOLD IN 1988 AFTER WHICH THE LINE WAS CLOSED AND LIFTED).
